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Title: President Pennybaker
Author: Kate Feiffer
Narrator: John McDonough
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-24-08
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Kids, Ages 5-7

Publisher's Summary:
Kate Feiffer is the daughter of Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Jules Feiffer. In President Pennybaker, Luke Pennybaker is sick of chores, school, and homework. Life just doesn't seem fair! So Luke decides it's time for a kid president, and during a time-out in his room he gets the idea for a "Pennies for Pennybaker" campaign. He gets a lot more support than expected - but is he really ready to be President Pennybaker?
©2008 Kate Feiffer; (P)2008 Recorded Books,LLC

Members Reviews:
Great!
Great! Used it in my 3rd grade classroom the week of the Presidential Elections. The kids loved it! Thank you!

My Son Loves This Book (But I Don't)
"He told the reporter that in the Birthday Party kids get treated like it's their birthday every day of the year. They get to eat cake and ice cream and open presents every morning. They get to wear shorts in the winter and dirty clothes to fancy parties. They get to play games at school and draw pictures during dinner. They can flood the bathroom when they take a bath and keep their room as messy as they want to." -- From the book
The premise of President Pennybaker is simple: After being told by his father that he can't watch TV (even after he did the chores his Dad reminded him about), Luke Pennybaker realizes that life is not fair. In fact, he feels that if a kid asks one question, he should get one answer--not five more questions in reply.
So after yelling and being sent to his room, he decides that he'll do whatever it takes to make life fair by becoming the youngest boy ever to run for president.
Now, the dust jacket for this book says President Pennybaker is "plausible" and "surprising". Sorry, but this simply isn't true.
For one, if a kid can't even vote (as shown in the book), it surely isn't plausible that one can become president (especially since the U.S. has a minimum age requirement of 35). And the VP choice? A dog.
Not only is the sitting president fully behind Luke's candidacy (he paints the White House orange in support), but so is the entire country.
Now, before you get irritated that I'm applying governmental facts to a children's book, please allow me to remind you that the marketing for this book targets children who may be interested in politics or someday running for president. And, it specifically markets Pennybaker for President as plausible and of interest because it's an election year. (When you read the ending, you'll especially realize how ridiculous this assumption is.)
Even for a "fantasy" book, I felt that the plot was weak and simplistic, with the illustrations lackluster. (What kid WOULDN'T want to make all the rules? Or paint the White House orange or some other color?) There's nothing amusing or engaging about President Pennybaker--at least, from my adult perspective. (And believe me, I LOVE good children's books, as well as juvenile fiction!)
So why the five stars? For some inexplicable reason, my almost 10-year old LOVES this book!
He read it as soon as it arrived. That night, I asked him if he wanted me to read it to him (since I had to read it anyway to review it). He not only sat through it, he enjoyed it!
And today, he went into the other room, picked up this book and read it AGAIN. (This is a kid that has dozens and dozens of books, including recent WALL-E books and other more engaging stories.) He told me he LOVES it.